(7096) Napier
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Asteroid (7096) Napier |
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| Properties of the orbit ( animation ) | |
| Orbit type | Main belt asteroid |
| Major semi-axis | 2.7748 AU |
| eccentricity | 0.5043 |
| Perihelion - aphelion | 1.3754 AU - 4.1743 AU |
| Inclination of the orbit plane | 11.2254 ° |
| Length of the ascending node | 148.7054 ° |
| Argument of the periapsis | 254.9710 ° |
| Sidereal period | 4.62 a |
| Mean orbital velocity | 17.88 km / s |
| Physical Properties | |
| Medium diameter | 5.59 km (± 0.4) |
| Albedo | 0.0428 |
| Absolute brightness | 15.0 mag |
| history | |
| Explorer | Robert McNaught |
| Date of discovery | 3rd November 1992 |
| Another name | 1992 VM |
| Source: Unless otherwise stated, the data comes from JPL Small-Body Database Browser . The affiliation to an asteroid family is automatically determined from the AstDyS-2 database . Please also note the note on asteroid items. | |
(7096) Napier is an asteroid crossing Mars or the main belt . It was discovered on November 3, 1992 by the British - Australian astronomer Robert McNaught at the Siding Spring Observatory ( observatory code 413) in Australia.
The asteroid is named after the Scottish astronomer and asteroid researcher Bill Napier (* 1940).
See also
Web links
- Asteroid Napier: Discovery Circumstances according to the Minor Planet Center of the International Astronomical Union at the Harvard-Smithsonian Center for Astrophysics, Cambridge, USA
- Asteroid Napier in the Small-Body Database of NASA's Jet Propulsion Laboratory at the California Institute of Technology, Pasadena, USA
- (7096) Napier in the database of the "Asteroids - Dynamic Site" (AstDyS-2, English).